most strikeouts allowed from may 14, 1966 to april 5, 2008

Between May 14, 1966 and April 5, 2008, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

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	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5,714	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	6.56
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,672	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.66
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,616	566	284	150	.654	556	3.22	98	37	2	3855.1	3,065	1,381	1,556	368	1,422	182	5	29	15,877	102	10.78	3.32	3.25	0.86	29.1	9.0	1.16	.290	3.63	7.16
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,115	726	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5192.2	4,645	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	8	149	21,578	178	7.13	3.16	2.25	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	8.05
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,492	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	8.39
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	117	19,369	125	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	7.47
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,530	767	320	253	.558	749	3.27	176	57	5	5228.1	4,646	1,900	2,089	468	1,335	81	12	102	21,416	111	6.08	2.30	2.64	0.81	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.60	8.00
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,278	801	314	268	.540	715	3.35	245	45	23	5295.0	4,937	1,972	2,280	474	1,765	117	56	79	22,195	215	5.57	3.00	1.86	0.81	14.8	8.0	1.27	.269	3.88	8.39
9	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,276	712	347	214	.619	708	3.11	109	35	0	4820.1	4,528	1,668	1,880	335	969	131	3	172	19,642	68	6.12	1.81	3.38	0.63	16.7	4.9	1.14	.281	3.51	8.45
10	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,161	650	281	225	.555	594	3.35	267	49	5	4468.0	4,123	1,661	1,844	480	990	84	29	115	18,278	62	6.37	1.99	3.19	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.269	3.71	8.31
11	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	8.27
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,102	636	285	235	.548	629	3.05	288	50	3	4787.2	4,395	1,624	1,877	349	1,218	95	7	132	19,580	136	5.83	2.29	2.55	0.66	15.8	6.2	1.17	.273	3.53	8.26
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,031	448	209	93	.692	381	2.81	46	17	3	2677.0	2,050	837	922	215	709	132	23	27	10,726	60	10.19	2.38	4.28	0.72	28.3	6.6	1.03	.276	3.10	6.89
14	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,975	702	207	145	.588	461	3.26	53	16	154	3367.0	2,954	1,221	1,328	275	984	54	204	81	13,810	143	7.95	2.63	3.02	0.74	21.5	7.1	1.17	.281	3.55	7.90
15	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4188.1	4,063	1,702	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	8.73
16	David Cone D. Cone	2,668	450	194	126	.606	419	3.47	56	22	1	2898.2	2,504	1,116	1,222	258	1,137	106	9	42	12,184	149	8.28	3.53	2.35	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	7.77
17	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,665	504	250	145	.633	503	3.70	57	23	0	3368.0	3,254	1,386	1,478	360	756	53	0	26	13,799	67	7.12	2.02	3.53	0.96	19.3	5.5	1.19	.290	3.95	8.70
18	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,610	524	200	173	.536	467	3.85	63	15	0	3197.1	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	1,332	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	8.64
19	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,573	670	303	199	.604	670	3.50	56	25	0	4355.0	4,238	1,696	1,862	345	1,465	65	0	141	18,345	65	5.32	3.03	1.76	0.71	14.0	8.0	1.31	.280	3.85	8.76
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	8.52
21	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,478	549	254	186	.577	527	3.90	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	205	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	8.40
22	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	3.97	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	8.27
23	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,401	1,071	197	171	.535	361	3.50	100	20	390	3285.2	3,076	1,279	1,382	347	738	75	577	90	13,534	28	6.58	2.02	3.25	0.95	17.7	5.5	1.16	.274	3.79	8.43
24	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,397	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	8.51
25	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,362	858	216	216	.500	440	3.75	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	1,664	174	240	44	16,168	180	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	7.77

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